Fantasy: Starting with a bowl, you can exchange it for endless cultivation.

Gu Chen's mind stirred.

The bronze bowl in his hand transformed into a golden light and entered his body.

After completing a transaction with the copper bowl, Gu Chen discovered that he could easily store it into his body with just a thought.

Furthermore, it can be controlled to grow larger or smaller using one's thoughts.

Gu Chen got up, preparing to continue searching for herbs.

And just a short distance after Gu Chen walked out of this secluded corner.

Then he saw a servant leading two guards from the Treasure Medicine Pavilion walking towards him.

"Gentlemen, it's him!"

The servant who led the way was a fellow named Deng Xian among them.

Deng Xian pointed at Gu Chen and said to the two guards, "I just saw him dig up something and sneak away to hide here."

"I suspect he may have unearthed some precious medicinal herb and doesn't want to hand it over; he wants to hide it away for himself."

Upon hearing this, the two guards looked at Gu Chen.

"Come here," a guard said.

Gu Chen knew something was wrong and obediently stepped forward.

"Search!" The two guards gestured for Deng Xian to search Gu Chen.

Deng Xian immediately searched Gu Chen's body, but found nothing.

"That's strange. I clearly saw him dig something up and then come over here to hide it. How come it's not here?" Deng Xian wondered.

Unwilling to give up, he went to the place where Gu Chen had just been cultivating and searched around again, but still found nothing.

Then he moved closer to Gu Chen, sniffed near Gu Chen's mouth, and asked Gu Chen to open his mouth so he could examine it.

Gu Chen cooperated fully.

He still found no trace of the elixir.

The search yielded no results.

The two guards looked at Gu Chen and asked, "Why aren't you looking for herbs? What are you doing hiding here?"

"I saw that this place is remote and rarely visited, so I thought there might be some precious herbs that have not been found, and I came to take a look," Gu Chen replied.

The two guards exchanged a glance and looked at Deng Xian: "Come forward."

Deng Xian stepped forward.

Snapped!

A loud slap sent Deng Xian splintering at the corner of his mouth, and he fell to the ground.

"Don't come to us with anything you don't have evidence for next time." With that, the two guards turned and left.

Deng Xian, lying on the ground, glared venomously at Gu Chen.

He clearly saw Gu Chen dig something up before he came over, so how could he not have?

Gu Chen glanced at Deng Xian on the ground, a murderous glint flashing in his eyes.

That was close; this guy almost caused him to crash.

If it weren't for the copper bowl, he would be finished by now!

Gu Chen gave him a deep look, then turned and left.

Now is not the time to make a move. If we attack him now, we will reveal a completely different level of strength than before, which will easily arouse suspicion.

Let him go for now, and we'll find another opportunity to deal with him properly later!

We returned to Baoyao Pavilion in the evening.

The servants returned to their previous lives.

Day 27.

"I did it! I did it!" a servant shouted excitedly.

His name is Wang Chao, and he has just successfully refined his first wisp of blood energy, meeting the requirements for promotion to guard.

It is about to leap over the dragon gate.

Excitedly approaching Steward He, Wang Chao released the aura of the complete blood and qi he had just condensed.

Sensing the complete wisp of qi and blood released by Wang Chao, Steward He nodded.

"Your aptitude is quite good!" Manager He smiled. "You won't have to stay in the servants' area today. Go and collect your guard uniform later. From today onwards, you are officially promoted to guard of the Treasure Medicine Pavilion."

"Yes, thank you, Steward." Wang Chao replied excitedly.

His breakthrough put all the servants on edge.

They practiced their cultivation techniques even more diligently.

Unfortunately, the next two days...

But no one has been able to successfully condense the first wisp of blood and qi since then.

The thirtieth day.

Gu Chen released a wisp of complete Qi and blood from his body.

Amidst the envious and jealous gazes of the servants, he went to report to Steward He.

He had naturally condensed his first wisp of qi and blood long ago, and more than one wisp, but he did not reveal it.

That day, Deng Xian reported him for possibly hoarding medicinal herbs. Although the two guards let him off the hook on the surface, they were still keeping an eye on him in private.

We'll see if he really has any secret medicine hidden away.

If he had revealed that he had already refined the first strand of complete blood qi on that day, he would have been arrested and interrogated by the two guards.

In the corner, a hint of resentment and fear flashed in Deng Xian's eyes.

Seeing that Gu Chen had cultivated his first complete wisp of Qi and blood, he was about to be promoted to a guard.

He was filled with both jealousy and fear!

He had offended Gu Chen before, and now he's in trouble.

After Gu Chen was promoted to guard, I wonder how he will deal with him!

After demonstrating a complete wisp of his vital energy to Manager He, he received Manager He's approval.

Gu Chen left the servants' area, picked up a set of guard's clothes, and headed to the area where the guards of the Treasure Medicine Pavilion lived.

The servants at the Baoyao Pavilion had no human rights; all twenty servants were crammed into one large room.

Guards, on the other hand, could live in independent courtyards, with two guards sharing a courtyard and each having their own room. Their living conditions were vastly different from those of the servants.

If they can refine a complete wisp of Qi and blood within a month, it proves that they are promising talents and worth nurturing by the Treasure Medicine Pavilion.

Gu Chen went to the assigned courtyard and found that someone was practicing martial arts there.

This person was none other than Wang Chao, who had been promoted to guard a few days earlier than him.

When Wang Chao saw Gu Chen leading over in his guard uniform, he knew that Gu Chen had also successfully been promoted to guard.

Wang Chao exclaimed excitedly, "It's been four days! Finally, someone else has been promoted to guard!"

"Brother Gu Chen, I've taken the room on the east side. Your room is on the west side. I'll show you there." Wang Chao stopped practicing his martial arts, stood up, and enthusiastically led the way for Gu Chen.

"Thank you, Brother Wang." Gu Chen expressed his gratitude. Wang Chao was a bit older than him, so he called him Brother Wang.

Even if the two of them live together in the future, they should still maintain a good relationship.

"Hey, don't mention it." Wang Chao waved his hand and led Gu Chen to the room on the west side.

After Gu Chen was settled.

Wang Chao said, "Brother Gu Chen, you've just been promoted to guard, so you probably haven't gone to collect your sword and today's medicine. Change into your guard uniform first, and I'll take you there."

"Okay." Gu Chen changed into his guard uniform.

He then went with Wang Chao to collect his sword and his dose of medicine for the day.

He brought back the medicine and his sword.

Wang Chao said, "Our guards are only responsible for patrolling the Baoyao Pavilion's properties on a daily basis to prevent anyone from causing trouble at the clinics and pharmacies under the Baoyao Pavilion. There's nothing else to do."

"Newly promoted guards can learn a sword technique from Guard Zhou to protect themselves. The sword technique that the Treasure Medicine Pavilion teaches its guards is called 'Lightning Five-Strike Combo'."

"This is the signature technique of Master Ma, a senior member of our Treasure Medicine Pavilion. He is a master of the Innate Realm, above the 'Flesh Refining Realm,' and this sword technique he created is extremely powerful."

"Although we guards don't usually carry out any dangerous missions, we might have one mission a month to escort the laborers to the deep mountains outside the county to collect herbs. With a sword technique to protect us, we'll be safer," Wang Chao reminded Gu Chen.

"Understood." Gu Chen nodded.

"Okay, you should take this medicine and continue your cultivation. I won't disturb you any longer." Wang Chao parted ways with Gu Chen.

Gu Chen returned to his room.

Looking at the herbal medicine in my hand.

Pour it into a copper bowl.

According to the feedback from the copper bowl, this Blood-Strengthening Soup is a useful cultivation resource for him, so he can exchange it for cultivation points.

[A basic Blood-Strengthening Soup can be exchanged for one day's worth of Pure Cultivation Points.]

The copper bowl provides a clue.

Gu Chen realized that the copper bowl served as a refining device, saving him time from refining cultivation resources like the Blood Strengthening Soup.

Don't underestimate this process; exchanging one bowl for a small increase in cultivation level may not be much.

But what if it's ten bowls, a hundred bowls, or a thousand bowls?

Will the cultivation he gains directly transform him into an unparalleled powerhouse?

Moreover, the cultivation level obtained through this exchange is equivalent to his own gradual improvement through cultivation, with an extremely solid foundation, and there will be no situation where his realm is unstable.